Singapore Bans Live-Pig Imports
In Battle against Encephalitis

SINGAPORE -- Restaurants and food stalls selling pork specialties were shunned Sunday across Singapore despite reassurances from the government that encephalitis cannot be caught by eating pork.

Battling an encephalitis outbreak that killed more than 50 people in Malaysia and one in Singapore, the city-state has banned imports of all live pigs. Horses, also suspected as disease carriers, were banned from crossing the border.